Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, Volume 1A collection of more than seven hundred quotations from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. |
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Page 7
... eyes of God a drone is as valuable as a man , and without any doubt it is more valuable than a prince . I threw open the window , and , by means of a napkin , began chasing the insect toward it ; but the drone persisted in flying in the ...
... eyes of God a drone is as valuable as a man , and without any doubt it is more valuable than a prince . I threw open the window , and , by means of a napkin , began chasing the insect toward it ; but the drone persisted in flying in the ...
Page 9
... eyes , blue lips , bristling rags , unclean sores . Oh , how horribly had poverty gnawed that un- happy being ! He stretched out to me a red , bloat- ed , dirty hand . . He moaned , he bel- lowed for help . I began to rum- mage in all ...
... eyes , blue lips , bristling rags , unclean sores . Oh , how horribly had poverty gnawed that un- happy being ! He stretched out to me a red , bloat- ed , dirty hand . . He moaned , he bel- lowed for help . I began to rum- mage in all ...
Page 10
... eye , be able to see what is actually in a picture , and not what you think is in it . Similarly , if you listen critically to music every day for a number of years , you will , if you have a wise ear , acquire the power of hearing ...
... eye , be able to see what is actually in a picture , and not what you think is in it . Similarly , if you listen critically to music every day for a number of years , you will , if you have a wise ear , acquire the power of hearing ...
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... eye of the moralist can dwell . That unhappy being whose very name is a shame to speak ; who coun- terfeits with a cold heart the transports of affection , and submits herself as the passive instrument of lust ; who is scorned Life ! we ...
... eye of the moralist can dwell . That unhappy being whose very name is a shame to speak ; who coun- terfeits with a cold heart the transports of affection , and submits herself as the passive instrument of lust ; who is scorned Life ! we ...
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... eyes of a I ' F you succeed in life , you must do it in spite of the efforts of others to pull you down . There is nothing in the idea that people are willing to help those who help themselves . People are willing to help a man who can ...
... eyes of a I ' F you succeed in life , you must do it in spite of the efforts of others to pull you down . There is nothing in the idea that people are willing to help those who help themselves . People are willing to help a man who can ...
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